[minikites]

I agree with your assessment and reasoning. Unfortunately, a large portion of the public, who are disproportionately powerful because of the structure of state and federal governments, are against immigration. Remember the "crisis" of migrant caravans?

[WhompingWindows]

Not sure why you've been downvoted, Trump's main distinguishing policy areas were immigration and trade. He played heavily into the "they're stealing our jobs" motif which has been extremely common in US history, going back to immigration waves of the 1800's.